From the exerpt, the narrator described how the earth was without form and void and how hunger and death covered everywhere then he thought to himself, "let me have a self", then created the mind which explains the ability to think.
Furthermore, he created water and land, then divided himself into three parts: fire, sun and air. He went further to split himself into two matching parts and formed husband and wife, then the wife changed to a cow, he changed to a bull and their union brought cows, which explains the myth of people and animals.
Answer: the message is to have courage and Atticus demonstrates his courage by shooting and killing the rabid dog in one shot while the rest of the community takes cover. Jem and Scout are astonished at their father's marksmanship abilities and were completely unaware that Atticus was the most deadly shot in Maycomb.
The corona virus is truly an inexplicable conundrum to our world and because of that people's unvoiced thoughts are spiraling everywhere, in a spacious void.